Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.

Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.
born May 11, 1891, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Feb. 6, 1967, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

U.S. public official.

He was editor of American Agriculturist (1922–33) and a close friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt. As secretary of the treasury in Roosevelt's cabinet (1934–45), he was responsible for financing the programs of the New Deal and the enormous military expenditures of World War II. Over $370 billion was spent during the period, three times more money than was spent by the 50 previous secretaries of the treasury. He resigned after Roosevelt's death and retired to his farm.

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▪ United States statesman
born May 11, 1891, New York, New York, U.S.
died February 6, 1967, Poughkeepsie, New York

      U.S. secretary of the treasury who, during his 12 years in office (1934–45) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Roosevelt, Franklin D.), supervised without scandal the spending of $370 billion—three times more money than had passed through the hands of his 50 predecessors combined.

      The editor of a farm journal, American Agriculturist, from 1922 to 1933, Morgenthau became a close friend of Roosevelt, whose Hyde Park estate was near Morgenthau's farm in Dutchess county, New York. During Roosevelt's governorship of New York (1929–33), Morgenthau served as state conservation commissioner and as chairman of the governor's agricultural advisory committee. He assisted in the political campaigns of both 1928 and 1932.

      As head of the treasury, Morgenthau was an industrious and effective administrator who surrounded himself with an able and dedicated staff and insisted on high standards of departmental efficiency. He was frequently torn between his intense loyalty to the president and his conservative conviction that a balanced budget was essential to the national welfare. In the end loyalty prevailed, and he threw himself wholeheartedly into the task of financing the ambitious New Deal domestic program and the nation's enormous responsibilities in World War II. He was the author of the Morgenthau Plan, which aimed at crippling German industrial potential after the war but was never put into effect.

      Morgenthau resigned shortly after Roosevelt's death (April 1945). After retirement, he devoted himself to his farm, to philanthropic interests, and to foreign travel.

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